Yesterday we reviewed the Periodic Table of Investment Returns for Developed Markets. The chart below shows the MSCI country returns for Emerging Markets: Click to enlarge Source: Blackrock Brazil has been an average to poor performer since 2010. It is surprising that Indonesia and Philippines are among the top in terms of 10-year annualized returns. …

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The following chart shows the returns for the various MSCI single country indices: Click to enlarge Source: Blackrock It is surprising that Singapore yielded the highest annualized return in 10 years during the period shown. Ireland has been the worst performers in five years during the same period. While the MSCI German index fell by …

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European stocks have soared so far this year. The STOXX® Europe 600 index is up 20.55% year-to-date and closed at 412.93 on Friday. On April 9th, the index reached a new record as shown in the chart below. The Stoxx 600 is similar to the S&P 500 benchmark index for the U.S. market. Click to enlarge …

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Many of the developed European markets are up by double digits so far this year. The S&P 500 is lagging its European years. Emerging markets are also not doing great. Among the global equities many banks have performed well. The following table shows the year-to-date returns of foreign bank stocks traded on the US exchanges: Note: Returns …

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Callan Associates has updated their famous Periodic Table of Investment Returns with data for 2014. It is interesting to review this chart every year and analyze how markets performed across the world. The Callan Periodic Table of Investment Returns for 2014 is shown below: Click to enlarge Source: Callan Associates A few observations: For 2014, the …

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